How do I enable auto-login in LightDM?

Question

I want user foo to auto-login using LightDM (which has been used by Ubuntu since version 11.10). How would I do that?

Answer 1

You can do this without editing configuration files: go to System Settings > User accounts, click "Unlock" and enter your password, then click the button next to "Automatic login":

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Answer 2

An alternative to Alin's answer is to create a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and add the following content:

[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=<YOUR USER>
autologin-user-timeout=0
user-session=ubuntu
greeter-session=unity-greeter

Next time you start, auto-login should work like expected.

Answer 3

Search for "User Accounts" application. Select the account you want to autologin Toggle the Automatic Login switch to On

That should do the work.

Answer 4

Thanks for the tip!

In Lubuntu 11.10 with LXDE, it turned out to be /etc/lxdm/default.conf. Commenting out the "autologin=" line allowed me to turn it off. THAT was what I needed to do, as I accidentally turned autologin on when I installed.

73 DE N4RPS Rob